National Instruments Data Acquisition System components in support of the development of a Scalable Data Acquisition system (SDAS)

The Government is seeking to purchase the following National Instruments items:

Item 1 - 4 Each of the PXI Chassis NI-PXIe-1085, 18 slot 3U PXI Express chassis (1 chassis per system);

Item 2 -  4 Each of the CPU NI PXIe-8880 - Xeon 8-core Controller Win7 (64 bit) (1 Controller per system);

Item 3 - 8 Each of the 8GB RAM - upgrade (2 per system);

Item 4 - 64 Each of the A/D Converter NI PXIe-4300 - 8 Ch 300V Isolated Analog Input (16 A/D converters per system); 

Item 5 - 64 Each of the Terminal block TB 4300 - input Terminal block for PXIe-4300 (10V inputs) (16 Terminal Blocks per system).  

Delivery of these items would be required within 20 business days after receipt of order. 

This sources sought notice is being issued to determine if there are any viable equivalents for these items.  

This Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division Philadelphia.  This is not a Request for Quote and a formal solicitation is not available at this time.  

Response to this sources sought notice is required no later than 30 July 2015.